Marriage For better, for worse… September 18, 2021 Last week I came across a remarkable story. Jean-Pierre Adams was a French footballer in the 1970s and 80s, and he passed away on the 6th September, aged 73. He was capped 22
Marriage Closing the Gates of Gray Divorce May 10, 2021 Last week the world learned the sad news that Bill and Melinda Gates were divorcing after 27 years of marriage. They announced on Twitter, "After a great deal of thought and a lot
communication Communication Helps October 21, 2020 Last night I finished Jim Newheiser's excellent book Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage. It is structured around some of the important questions many of us ask about marriage at some point or another. He
Marriage of the Lamb Wedding Preparations September 19, 2020 This morning we rose early with a growing sense of excitement. After breakfast we headed out with our daughter and fiance to sort their wedding reception out. We visited an hotel and checked-out
Christian living Marriage proportions March 09, 2019 What proportion is marriage? 50-50 seems like an ideal place to start. A fair input from both parties. Maybe some read this and think “50-50?! That’s a pipe-dream! If you knew my
Abuse What's a Hurting Wife To Do? July 24, 2017 Following Rebecca VanDoodewaard's article "A High View of Marriage Includes Divorce" here on Gentle Reformation, and with the internet abuzz with Australian reporter Julia Baird's hit piece on the church regarding
Divorce A High View of Marriage Includes Divorce July 20, 2017 The following article is a guest post by Rebecca VanDoodewaard, author of Uprooted: A Guide for Homesick Christians and Your Future 'Other Half': It Matters Whom You Marry.She is married to William
Christian Calling Rethinking Christian Calling July 14, 2017 Many well-meaning Christians often want to baptize their aspirations and decisions with divine approval. It's not uncommon to hear young people encouraged to figure out who, where, and what God might be "
Brandon Hatmaker Browse Worthy: The Hatmaker Controversy November 03, 2016 Recently Jen Hatmaker, a professing Christian author and star of a hit television show "My Big Family Renovation," created a firestorm over comments she made in an interview regarding homosexuality. Her
Family Marriage Tweets September 07, 2016 My lovely wife and I recently celebrated our seventeenth anniversary. As a way to honor the occasion and make some spiritual use of it, I tweeted out #17thoughtsonmarriage over the course of a
Barry Danylak Follow Up from "With Love, Your Single Daughter" September 05, 2016 The following post is another article written by Rachel Dinkledine, who wrote a popular post a few weeks ago called With Love, Your Single Daughter. Rachel works as a registered nurse in the
Family With Love, Your Single Daughter August 18, 2016 The following post is a guest article written by Rachel Dinkledine, a young woman I have had the pleasure of watching grow up since the day I took her brothers to see her
abortion Stop the Conversation Stoppers! August 12, 2015 As Bible-believing Christians continue to speak out against sinful, seismic social changes and against atrocities enacted in the name of health care, they are met with predictable charges of hypocrisy. “You have no
Divorce A Godward Look at Divorce and Remarriage February 28, 2015 Divorce. It's an awful word. There's some words in the English language that evoke pleasant thoughts and happy images. Divorce isn't one of them. In fact, for me, there's few words in the
Marriage What If I Don't Think My Spouse is a Christian? January 23, 2015 The Bible is clear that a Christian should only marry a Christian. We gather that from where the Lord warned the people of Israel not to "make a covenant with the inhabitants
communication So We Can Talk More Good February 26, 2014 I was reviewing parts of Wayne Mack's Strengthening Your Marriage and came across this helpful list of "twelve practical suggestions for developing and maintaining good marital communications." I believe it would
joy Wedding Bubbles & Confetti August 06, 2013 The whirlwind that has been these past few months - two children getting married, packing, helping children set up new homes, ending a pastorate, moving to another state, unpacking, the funeral of my
church life All the Single Ladies. And Men. May 14, 2013 Dear single ladies and single men, the church needs you. I know it can seem otherwise when we talk about the importance of covenant families (they are important) or ask you every week
Genesis A Creative Marriage Thought April 15, 2013 As we prepare to see a son and then a daughter wed soon (he at the end of May, she the first week of June), my wife and I rejoice over the Lord's
Marriage Lifelong Love February 22, 2013 No one could ask for better in-laws than mine. It is not only because they gave their beautiful daughter to an undeserving guy. They have been ones who through the years have constantly
Conflict A Helpful Marital Thought January 30, 2013 In Christian marriage two saints, who still have plenty of sin's remnant clinging to them, form a lifelong union. This means then, with the baring of the soul's wiring that marriage exposes, sparks